Mario Juarez was born in Central America in Honduras. He immigrated to Oakland in 1990 when he was 12 years old and was raised in the Fruitvale District as a teenager. He is a well known real estate agent based out of the Fruitvale District.
Mario Juarez ran for City Council for District 5 in 2008 against incumbent Ignacio De La Fuente. The windows in the office on International Blvd were busted during that election. He lost the election but had about a 40 percent vote count.
He ran again in 2012 Election for City Council in District 5 and lost the election to Noel Gallo.
In Oakland's 2022 general election, Mario Juarez funded a political action committee (PAC) to create support of Sheng Thao's election campaign using racist image manipulation to darken candidate Loren Taylor's skin and squinting his eyes.
Mario Juarez real estate office address 1241 High Street,